21. Principles of Disease

The true fungal pathogens are _____   , _____  , _____ , and_____ (give genus and specific epithet).

Many antifungal agents target the compound _____ in fungal cytoplasmic membranes.

_____ are tumorlike fungal infections.

Sporotrichosis is caused by the traumatic introduction of ______ into the skin (give genus and species).

Which pathogenic fungus is associated with bird droppings? _____ _____ (give genus and species).

Thrush is caused by _____ (genus name).

Pneumocystis was once classified as a _____, but now it is classified as a_____.

Match each of the following diseases with the manner(s) in which fungi enter the body. Answers can be used more than once.

1. ___ Aspergillosis

2. ___Candidiasis

3. ___Chromoblastomycosis

4. ___ Coccidioidomycosis

5. ___ Cryptococcosis

6. ___Dermatophytosis

7. ___ Histoplasmosis

8. ___ Hypersensitivity reactions

9. ___ Mushroom poisoning

10. ___ Mycetoma

11. ___ Sporotrichosis

A. Inhalation

B. Contact

C. Trauma

D. Ingestion  

The only ciliate to cause disease in humans is __________.

a. Naegleria

b. Balantidium

c. Fasciola

d. Trypanosoma

Which of the following organisms is regularly transmitted sexually?  __________        

a. Trichomonas

b. Entamoeba

c. Trypanosoma

d. Enterobius

Leishmania species are transmitted by __________.

a. sand flies

b. tsetse flies

c. kissing bugs

d. mosquitoes

Cryptosporidium cannot be killed by routine boiling. Another parasite resistant to such boiling is __________.

a. Giardia

b. Trypanosoma

c. Toxoplasma

d. Plasmodium

Plasmodium species as well as Wuchereria bancrofti can be carried by mosquitoes in the genus __________.

a. Aedes

b. Anopheles

c. Culex

d. Ctenocephalides

Which of the following arthropods is responsible for transmitting the most parasitic diseases? __________         

a. Fleas

b. Ticks

c. Mosquitoes

d. True bugs

The majority of cestodes are transmitted via ___________ .

a. ingestion

b. vectors

c. direct contact

d. inhalation